"Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment."

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Marisha Pessl

#Enlightenment Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made if he had only ridden more in buses.”
“I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.”
“What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.”
“Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.”
“If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
“The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.”

Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (2010). “The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe Journey”, p.4, BoD – Books on Demand
“Today can be the Best Day of Your Life So Far. And it will be if you choose to see everything in your life today as a miracle. That includes the growing of the grass, the passing of a cloud, the smile on another's face... and the beating of your own heart.”
“Everything is sweetened by risk.”

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